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Ant and Slug of Atmosphere craft an album that expands the duo's palette, explores the intersections of opposites, and makes portraits out of poetry.

Chaka Mkali, aka I Self Devine, is a rapper, visual artist and racial justice trainer working in the Twin Cities. He's also the featured artist with Hennepin County Library's Vinyl Revival, charged with hand-picking vinyl album selections for the library's listening room at the Minneapolis Central location. As part of Mkali's library residency, he's leading a virtual discussion and spinning his vinyl picks. 

Add curator to a long list of Chaka Mkali's professional accomplishments. In the tradition of fellow Afrofuturists who have looked to the sky for inspiration, the hip hop artist and community organizer has spent the past year co-curating Rituals of Resilience, a new exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. He’s also gathered hip-hop artists from across the Twin Cities and produced a soundtrack for the exhibit.

Live music's successful re-entry and the many other ways local music made a comeback.

4 more Minnesota releases to consider for Bandcamp Friday April 1, 2021 — 11:47am Text size Copy shortlink: I Self Devine, "Rituals of Resilience": The Minneapolis rap pioneer's new Medium Zach-produced album is a companion piece to an exhibit he co-curated at the Minneapolis Institute of Art exploring shared Black experiences and identity issues in harrowing but hopeful terms. Sarah Morris, "Between Here and There": This Ameri­cana-tinged folkie built her intimate EP around music written with friends Jillian Rae and Lars-Erik Lar...